Man City’s big injury worries ahead of Chelsea showdown

Saturday evening sees Chelsea travel north to take on Pep Guardiola’s Man City and try and stop the juggernaut that’s seen Pep Guardiola’s side in that groove where they just seem to be able to churn out win after win.

The Blues also look to have turned the corner form wise, with the standard of performances in recent matches markedly better than earlier in the 2023/24 campaign.

Mauricio Pochettino knows his contemporary well of course, having gone up against him domestically and in Europe with Tottenham, and also in Europe with Paris Saint-Germain.

Who could forget that epic 2019 quarter-final at the Etihad Stadium which really did have it all, and which saw Pochettino’s Spurs progress at the expense of the Cityzens.

If there’s anything approaching that level of entertainment on Saturday, everyone should be going home happy.

The game is likely to be a sell out of course, so anyone not able to make the game in person can always do the next best thing and watch a Man City v Chelsea Live Stream.

From Guardiola’s point of view, the Champions League win over RB Leipzig on Tuesday night came at a significant cost.

Injuries to Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish are expected to keep them out of Saturday’s showpiece.

“Bernardo (Silva) has a big knock in his ankle and I didn’t speak to Jack but it looks like it’s muscular,” the Man City manager said after that game (h/t Liverpool ECHO).

“Over the last few days, his mood in training has been much much better.

“He was playing really good and helped us play at the right tempo, you cannot play so slow or so fast against teams who are organised, you have to find the right moment and Jack helped us a lot. Hopefully he can recover quickly.”

Though it could be said that City do have the strongest